Monday, February 07, 2005

NO LAUGHING MATTER:
City Worker Slapped for Adding Jokes to Tax Forms

Taxes are no laughing matter... Certainly not in Middletown, Ohio.

The city's tax superintendent apparently sent out annual tax forms with such lines as, "If we can tax it, we will."

And, "Free advice: if you don't have a profit in a five-year period, you might want to consider another line of work."

Revised forms were sent out immediately at a cost to taxpayers of about $5,500. And the official has reportedly been suspended without pay for a week.